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[Digital BW] Re: Filters, was, Shooting Digitally

2002-01-20 by marktuckerdotcom

I also own a more professional version of a Lee Pro Shade for 
my Fuji GX680. It's solid as a rock. It accepts 4" "hard" filters; not 
the thin ones from Kodak. 

The way it's designed, you just buy retaining rings for each of 
your lenses, and then the ProShade has this simple yet 
firm-gripping little metal spring-loaded post that holds it to each 
retaining ring. It goes off and on each lens in literally three 
seconds. The shade itself is bellows-style, like a view camera; in 
and out.

The only drag is that on some lenses, the outer ring diameter of 
the retaining ring is larger than the lens itself, so the old lens 
caps don't fit any longer. My solution to that was to order a bunch 
of 95mm Hasselblad caps that go on the 40mm, and then put 
layers of duct tape inside the Hasselblad lens cap to get them to 
fit each lens.

But the Lee thing rocks. It might be overkill for some cameras, 
but for medium format and larger, it can't be beat. Much more 
macho than the Hasselblad proshade.

I use #25 reds, not the 87. It's about three stops.

I bought the Lee System at Samy's in LA; http://www.samys.com/.

-Mark Tucker

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